Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 146

Yellow Gold Chronomat Breitling, "Chronomat, Chronomètre Automatic?, No. 042, case No. 42607, Ref. K13352. Sold on March 26th, 2001. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18k yellow gold Breitling buckle. Accompanied by a Breitling box, certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with yellow gold screw markers and quarter rider tabs, concave lugs, embossed screwed-down case back, screwed down protected winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, black and gold subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute and 1/5th seconds division, outermost tachometer scale, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40.5 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.